Hi Sara, many thanks for recommending this video, so many things I know now that I never knew before, it’s fantastic. I’m glad we don’t have those bears in Australia. There’s 2 fantastic videos I’d recommend. One is “hornets from hell” the other is “honey badgers, must watch”. Both are only a few minutes long but very interesting. There’s a few interesting facts in the city of bees that aren’t mentioned in the nova video. Vice versa for that matter. thanks again, bye
I noticed the places where there was lack of overlap also. So it’s good to view both. The photography was over all, more detailed in the newer nova show and I appreciated the up close and minutia rich visuals.
Yes, absolutely, the close up of the queen mating. I never knew she went on more than one mating flight & I never knew the bees could taste through their feet. The other video must be at least 50 years old going by the models of the cars going through customs. I just love the other video because of the amount of information they convey in 20 minutes. I disagree with the 100 drones mentioned in the newer one. The bees will make a whole lot more than that, if given the chance. I also never knew that the bees only assist the drones out of the cells. We put a video on youtube of a bee hatching. We thought it would only take a few minutes the make the video because the cap was nearly off when we started, it took 35 minutes. Makes you appreciate every bee in every hive. If you search “birth of a honeybee” on youtube, you’ll find it. Chances are you’ve probably already seen one or two of my beekeeping videos already. ok, bye ps, mine is the one that goes for 4min 31sec.
Try a Nook or I’d assume Kindle will do it too. There is a feature on the Nook to read the book aloud. I have done this a number of times with Honeybee Democracy on my Nook I find it easier to remember important information if I read it concurrent to hearing the information. I love this feature. These things are not that expensive anymore and there are tons of books in digital format now.
Keep in mind it is a slightly digitized voice so not quite as nice as a true “book on tape”. But the voice is still pretty good.
Thank you so much, I have tried that a few years ago but for some reason it did not work for me then. I will give it a try again. Thanks for the reminder about Kindle and info
There is a nice selection of downloadable open source (free) books on bee keeping
And I am really enjoying working my way thru Michael Bush’s site, which pretty much represents the book.
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I’ve always found Isaac Hopkins to be a very practical beekeeper. I republished his “Australasian Bee Manual” after spending years tracking it down… I am tempted to also publish the previous edition as it’s much thicker and has more information. He tried to distill it down more in the more recent one.
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Has anyone read/implemented ideas from this book?
Swarm Traps and Bait Hives : The Easy Way to Get Bees for Free.
McCartney M Taylor
No, but McCartney produces videos on YouTube as OutOfABlueSky that are very useful for those of us with top bar hives. He’s based around Austin, Texas. Worth watching, also for those who have Langs but are going foundationless.
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The vital activities of the honeybee can be summarized in the pollination of wildflowers and many agricultural products, pollen collection, wax production, and honey.
The essential and highly valuable activities of the barn are the presence of strong and healthy populations in the hive, because the honeybee, like other organisms, can be exposed to various diseases and infections and is severely infected.
So, With reading a book you can save your business and hives. I suggest you this ebook: “The book of diseases and pests of honey bee, and their diagnostic methods”
That helped me a lot to keep my bees from the risk of illness and immediately show them to the vet. I saw the strange changes in the honey bee larvae, and I found out from their symptoms and the explanations inside the book that the larvae had been suffering from European lice!!! But I quickly prevented their illness.
In this book, it has been tried to provide a general description of the disease and pest control methods. The author of this book is Persian and must read the translated version. But with an online translator, you can also translate it
Agree with you dear…
I really enjoyed this beautiful book with good information, cute anecdotes and photos that really helped train me to be able to find the queen easier.
QueenSpotting: Meet the Remarkable Queen Bee and Discover the Drama at the Heart of the Hive; Includes 48 Queenspotting Challenges by HILARY KEARNEY
It is a very nice book. I also like how it starts easy and gets hard.
Yes, ABC to XYZ of Bee Culture is a fantastic point of reference. I managed to track down a copy of the 36th Edition and am enjoying the read as well as learning a lot, specifically about swarm control and elimination. Illustrations are brilliant.
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Thank you all for the fantastic recommendations.
I recently read this one and found it fascinating The mind of a bee